2 Christopher Wool

Art: Don’t miss this overdue career retrospective of the Chicago-born artist who made his name on the 1980s NYC art scene with clever stencil paintings of slogans like “Sell the House Sell the Car Sell the Kids.”2/23–5/11. $12–$23. Art Institute, 111 S Michigan. artic.edu

4 Soweto Gospel Choir

5 The Radio Show

Dance: The loss of an iconic black radio station and the deterioration of a grandfather succumbing to Alzheimer’s form the crux of this haunting 2010 contemporary piece by MacArthur Foundation fellow Kyle Abraham.2/20–2/23. $10–$22. Musuem of Contemporary Art, 220 E Chicago. mcachicago.org

What I’m Doing This Weekend

Kellye HowardPhoto: Courtesy of Kellye Howard

Up next in our series of weekend plans from notable, in-the-know locals—a.k.a. people we like: Kellye Howard, comedian. She performs her one-woman show This Sh*t Ain’t Funny on Sunday, February 23.

“I’m hosting Jokes and Notes on Friday so I’m going to get my eyelashes done. There’s a particular lady who works at Med Spa and she’s amazing. [At the show] I’m excited to see Kevin White who is performing, because he doesn’t live here anymore. He was a comedian that I started out with, but he moved to Texas, so I’m really excited to see how he has grown. Shawn Monroe is also performing. They are completely different comics; one is more aggressive and the other is laid-back. They’re co-headlining, so you get the best of both worlds, kind of like R. Kelly and Jay-Z.

“Saturday, I’ll probably have brunch with my hubby and kids. One of my favorite breakfast spots is Yolk. They have a lot of different healthy options and I love the ambiance there. I also love Bongo Room. That’s one of my favorite breakfast places ever; I try to limit my Bongo Room pancakes intake though. I like the pretzel white chocolate pancakes.”

“Sunday is my one woman show. I’m really excited. I’ll probably get my makeup done around 3-ish by AJ Moore, a local Chicago makeup artist, and then I’ll just be prepping my mind mentally because it’s such an emotionally draining performance. There’s a lot of darkness to it—because I’m talking about loss and trauma—I lost my 15-month-old daughter, but then you see so much light in how I deal with it. It’s like that light at the end of the tunnel.” —As told to Tomi Obaro